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[email protected] Creation, Resistance, and Refacement: Postfuturist Storytelling, Cultural Flows, and the Remix by Nikolina Nedeljkov A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in English in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, The City University of New York 2015 © 2015 Nikolina Nedeljkov All Rights Reserved ii This manuscript has been read and accepted for the Graduate Faculty in English to satisfy the dissertation requirement for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Peter Hitchcock Date Chair of Examining Committee Mario Di Gangi Date Executive Officer Anne Humpherys Gerhard Joseph Nicholas Birns Supervisory Committee THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK iii Creation, Resistance, and Refacement: Postfuturist Storytelling, Cultural Flows, and the Remix by Nikolina Nedeljkov Dissertation advisor: Peter Hitchcock Abstract Constitutive of my dissertation is an exploration of contemporary literature and culture. Vital to my research is the notion and practice of the remix. Originating in music, it is perceived and deployed as a hybrid expressive mode combining textual, audio, and visual components. The text of the dissertation, accompanying photographs, and supplementary video files demonstrate this principal aspect.